I Believe in You- Day 60

I wrote this blog entry for my other blog the day before I moved into my college dorm room for the first time.

I'm sitting here on my bedroom floor surrounded by boxes and suitcases, clothes and books, jewelry and pictures, DVDs and school supplies, and the list goes on and on. I am struggling to figure out what on earth I am going to take with me and what I should leave at home. Should I leave those clothes on hangers and pack these? Do I take that or leave it home? Am I going to need this or will it be a waste of space? It's just now starting to sink in that I really am moving out. I am such a homebody that this is a huge deal for me, even if I am just moving across town. But I won't be in my beloved bedroom anymore. Anyhow, I am in here working, already trying not to really think too much about what is going on, while listening to my iPod. I have it set on "Shuffle" so that the songs are all mixed up and I can get a bit of variety in my music. What song comes on? "I Believe in You" by Steven Curtis Chapman. Of all of the 640 songs on my iPod that could have come on, of course that tear-jerker would have to come on at the perfect...or worst possible moment. If you don't already know it, that song was written by Steven Curtis Chapman for his daughter Emily when she graduated.

I Believe in You by Steven Curtis Chapman
Aren't you the little one
That hid in my arms afraid of the thunder?
Are these the little hands
That held so tight to mine?
Didn't we both agree you'd never grow up
And now here we are
And here you go
Of all the things I want to say
The thing you really need to know is...

I believe in you
Yeah, I believe in you
Everything you are
Everything you are becoming

And I believe in you
Yeah, I believe in you
So spread your wings and fly
On the winds of knowing I
Always believe in you

So many prayers we've prayed
So many dreams to get to this moment
Now this is where we stay
While you go change the world
But I'll be where I have always been
Up in the stands cheering you on and
Singing this song
A song the very God who made you
Has been singing all along

I believe in you
Yeah, I believe in you
So spread your wings and fly
On the winds of knowing I
Will always believe in you

And when you rise and when you fall
I'll still believe in you
Just close your eyes and hear me calling
I believe in you
Oh, I believe in you

I'm sorry that the lyrics are hard to read in this video, but you can just ignore them and listen to the song. :)